Selected by the Texas Rangers in the first round (39th overall) of the 2012 First-Year Player Draft out of Bishop Gorman High School in Las Vegas, Nevada... Entered 2015 ranked by MLB.com as the No. 9 prospect overall. ... Named the Rangers' 2014 Tom Grieve Minor League Player of the Year... Rangers announced on June 1, 2015 that he would be promoted from Double-A Frisco to the Majors the following day to replace injured 3B Adrian Beltre... at the time of the promotion, Gallo, 21 was ranked as the Rangers' No. 1 prospect and the ninth-ranked prospect in all of baseball, according to MLBPipeline.com... was tied for the Minor League lead in home runs at the time of his promotion... led the Minors with 40 home runs in 2013, ranked second in 2014... became the first Minor Leaguer with back-to-back 40-homer seasons since White Sox player Ron Kittle in 1981-82.